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Start Making Sense: Supernormal 2019 Reviewed

Byline wizard Eden Tizard heads to Braziers Park in rural Oxfordshire for the best showcase of weird art and music, Supernormal Festival

Paranoia Springs Eternal: The Twilight Zone at The Almeida

Decades before Black Mirror, Rod Serling was exploring the uneasy side of western civilisation in his hokey-but-endearing morality tales, says Sean Kitching

Let The Wrecking Ball Loose: ‘Fire’ By The Bug

Kevin Martin has embraced his inner Hulk for The Bug's first abum in seven years, writes JR Moores

Greggs & Loathing (& Van Halen): On The Road With Hey Colossus

Recently Toby Cook hit the rock trail in search of the new 'serious' Hey Colossus. What he found was pastry based snacks and loud rock music. Photo gallery by Katja Ogrin

The Knife’s Tomorrow, In A Year Live & The Trouble With The Pop Opera

Using the Barbican performance of The Knife's Tomorrow In A Year as a starting point, Hazel Sheffield looks at those who have tried to bring Opera into a contemporary setting. Photography by Lucy Johnston.

Sonic Worlds: Clark’s Favourite Albums

With his sterling, self-titled seventh album released and a run of sets coming up before the year's out, the Warp producer delves into his towel collection (read on) and picks his 13 top LPs for Nick Hutchings

LISTEN: Dan Snaith Airs New Daphni Track

Caribou unveils a new track on Jon Hopkins' residency, one of a few highlights on last night's show

Club Members: Julianna Barwick’s Favourite Albums

From very long-term library loans and overnight camp-outs to chance shopping-mall buys and poster-based confusion, the composer gives Gary Kaill the stories behind 13 LPs she's listened to a "bazillion freaking times"

LISTEN: New Eric Chenaux Album

Listen to Eric Chenaux's new album in full ahead of its release this Friday

For Your Unpleasure: An Essay By Mark Fisher

A new anthology, Punk Is Dead: Modernity Killed Every Night, includes this essay by theorist Mark Fisher, about Roxy Music, Siouxsie Sioux, the erotic and the savage.

War Of The Certain: John Higgs Interviewed

The KLF, the cult of the individual and the bollocks of neoliberalism are all up for discussion alongside Robert Anton Wilson, multiple model agnosticism, and a sincere optimism about the upcoming generation when Ben Graham meets with author John Higgs

The Quietus Reductive & Subjective Albums Of The Year 20 – 1

We continue the countdown of our favourite records of 2009

Towards An Unknown Resolution: Bloc Weekend 2015 Reviewed

Bloc Weekend returned to Butlins Minehead last week, for its first festival at the venue since 2011. Rory Gibb and Ed Gillett journeyed out west to report on a weekend of techno-heavy delights, spaced-out cosmic drifts and several killer DJ sets. Photographs by Beth Marsh and Jake Davis

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Upside Down In Acocks Green: Pete Paphides’ Broken Greek

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Broken Greek, Pete Paphides recalls the strange glamour of Roxy Music and Chic